ABSTRACT
A systematic study on the role of the experimental situation on the conditioned reflexes type II (instrumental conditioning) was undertaken by Wanda Wyrwicka. In this experimental series, each dog was trained in two situations different from each other. One of these situations was a usual Pavlovian chamber in which the dog was trained to perform reaction conditioned reflex II to a visual stimulus conditioned stimulus II. Another situation was a large empty pen arranged on the floor of a room located in a separate building. In order to extinguish the orienting reaction in the new situation, the test was always preceded by several habituation sessions in the test situation. The Neutral Test Situation was a large empty room with no furniture except for a small table and a chair for the experimenter. The Homogeneous Test Situation I was the same large empty room that was used in the neutral test situation.
